Abstract: A machine for winding plastic tape on a core comprises a first tape guide fixed transversely on a frame of the machine. A second tape guide attached to a telescoping pivot arm remains aligned to the first tape guide as a linear slide translates the pivot arm transversely across a rotating core. A third tape guide, fixed to the linear slide, feeds the tape from the second tape guide to the rotating core. The tape aligning features of the machine provide large roll package diameters and high winding speeds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a yarn guidance rod and to a device for the laying of a yarn on a cross-wound bobbin in a textile machine. A plurality of winding stations installed next to each other is serviced by a yarn guidance rod made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic which can be moved back and forth. The yarn guidance rod is provided with a sheathing. The yarn guidance rod has segments made of a highly heat-expandable material in order to achieve heat compensation as compared with the textile machine.

Abstract: A rewinding machine for the production of logs (R) of web material (N) without a core comprises: a first winding roller (1) onto which the web material is fed; a second winding roller (3) rotating in the same direction as the first roller and forming a nip (4) therewith through which the web material passes; an actuator and element (15, 17) to move the surface of the second winding roller (3) toward the first winding roller (1); and a separator to sever the web material at the end of the winding thereof to form a log (R). Provision is also made for a surface (21, 21A) supporting the log (R2) in the process of formation and located upstream of the nip (4) between the rollers (1, 3).

Abstract: There is disclosed a roll of a web of record members, wherein the web has outer and inner end portions free of machine-readable marks and wherein the outer end portion is free of other preprinted information. Also disclosed is method of making such rolls.

Abstract: A combination of a length of component carrier tape and a reel having a hub about which the component carrier tape is helically level wound in layers with the wraps of carrier tape in each layer being disposed edge to edge so that those wraps are displaced axially from each other by the width of the carrier tape, and with the opposite edges of wraps of carrier tape in successive layers being angled in opposite directions with respect to the axis of the hub. The peripheral surface of the hub has a minimum diameter "D" in millimeters determined by the formula: ##EQU1## where "W" is the width of the carrier tape in millimeters so that the component carrier tape should meet an industry camber specification despite cold flow which will occur in transition portions of the carrier tape between the layers.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for winding a thin elastomeric ribbon having a low coefficient to friction onto a reel is disclosed. The ribbon is fed onto a rotating reel while being traversed along the axial length of the reel to distribute the ribbon onto the reel. The nodes typically formed on the axial ends of ribbon rolls wound in this manner are eliminated by reversing the traversed direction of the ribbon short of the end cap of the reel to form a gap between the axial end of the ribbon roll and the end cap and then shifting the ribbon turns into the gap to thereby collapse the node.

Abstract: A multiple winding machine for winding lace bands or similar type fabric material onto cores uses a plurality of cup-like guides through which the lace bands pass. The guides are positioned horizontally and vertically with respect to each other so as to be aligned with a corresponding core onto which the lace band is wound. The guides move transversely in a back-and-forth path so that the lace bands wind on the corresponding cores in a uniform, tightly packed manner. Transfer rollers provide uniform tension to the lace bands while imparting uniform tangentional speed to the cores and lace bands as the lace bands are wound on the cores. A mechanism for determining improper removal of draw threads between adjacent lace bands is also disclosed so as to stop the machine if a faulty removal condition exists.

Abstract: A spindle is driven in continuous manner to wind a ribbon of material upon a core. A traversing guide, moved in a side to side reciprocatory manner by a traversing carriage, guides the ribbon of material so that it is wound in spiral fashion upon the core to form a layer first in one direction and then in the opposite direction one upon the other until a package is formed.A sensor wheel, attached to the spindle drive shaft for rotation therewith, is provided with a number of fingers the movement of which is sensed by a sensor head to provide digital pulses to a two stage counter. The two stage counter, in turn, controls activation and deactivation of solenoid valves to clutch and de-clutch the traversing carriage to a drive belt and provide the reciprocatory movement for the carriage and ribbon.

Abstract: A plastic separable fastener strip, and assembly of such strip with a substrate, and a method of attaching such strip to a substrate, comprising the provision of and utilization of fusible ribs on the base surface of the fastener strip to provide a bonding layer for bonding the strip to the substrate. Reducing the ribs into fusible condition without heat distortion of the remainder of the fastener strip and without heat distortion or damage of the substrate, provides a bonding layer when the fused ribs of the fastener strip are pressed together with the substrate. A simple apparatus and method are provided for effecting the bonding by fusion of the fusion ribs.

Abstract: A method for winding soft elastomeric ribbon on spools of substantially greater width than the width of the ribbon is provided which includes the winding of the ribbon on a surface driven spool. The ribbon passes through guides from a feed source, with the guides in proximity to the take-up spool. Traversing of the ribbon is provided by either shifting the guides or the take-up apparatus across the horizontal length less than the length of the spool to prevent overrunning of the outer edges of the spool. The invention also includes the spool wound with soft elastomeric ribbon to a thickness several times that of the ribbon and along a length several times greater than the width of the ribbon.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is illustrated for measuring and packaging elongated elastic material such as elastic narrow fabric or tape, lace and the like, wherein a controlled loop of material is fed across a free turning, low inertia measuring wheel and the like, just prior to being wound into a package.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which winds a strip of scrap sheet (S) discharged as from a cutting unit of a sheet winding machine. In the apparatus which winds the strip of sheet on a winding frame (7) while causing the strip of sheet to be reciprocated relative to the winding frame, the strip of scrap sheet is wound up without breakage or slackening by keeping a touch roller (1) in contact with the aforementioned winding frame, causing the touch roller to be rotated at a peripheral speed equal to the discharging speed of the strip of sheet, and adjusting winding torque so as to enable the strip of sheet to be wound with the optimum tension.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for feeding a continuous thin film plastic tape or like, pliable, foldable strip in an oscillatory fashion, which may be random, from a feed surface having a width many times greater than the width of said tape to a receiving surface having a width at least as great as a tape width and many times narrower than the width of the feed surface by spacing and positioning the feed and receiving surfaces with respect to one another to limit the maximum angle between a transverse plane bisecting the receiving surface and extending towards the approaching tape and the centerline of the tape. The maximum value of this angle, in degrees, is about 6.5 times the inverse of the tape width expressed in inches. The invention is illustrated with an apparatus which converts the oscillatory motion of a tape fed from a roll many times wider than the tape over an equally large roller surface to a pulley only slightly wider than the tape and many times smaller than the roller surface.

Abstract: A traversed package is formed from a tape which is slit from a laminate composed of a metallic foil layer and a dielectric insulating layer of plastic film, with a longitudinal edge or edges thereof folded back against the surface of the tape. The packaged tape can be applied to twisting conductors in a cabling process either helically or longitudinally with the folded edge or edges preventing the foil layer from electrical contact with adjacent conductors or shields.

Abstract: Tape is wound into a package by traversing the winding position along a cylindrical core such that the winding position is intermittently and repeatedly halted at a plurality of positions arranged axially of the core so that at each position the tape is wound spirally following which the winding position is traversed to the next adjacent position. The spirals comprise at least one turn and more of the winding time is spent in forming spirals than in traversing between spirals. The spacing between the positions is such that the spirals do not overlap and such that the gap between the spirals is less than the width of the tape. The number of spirals wound at each position is insufficient to cause a step which interferes with traverse back to the position. Control of the traverse movement can be achieved either electronically by a pulse counter connected to the package support shaft or electro-magnetically by a control drum driven from the package support shaft.

Abstract: Contact elements depending from a continuous carrier strip along with an interliner are helically wound on a reel in order to provide a sufficient supply of such elements for use with high speed assembly apparatus in which the contact elements are mounted in socket bodies in a continuous fashion. Upper and lower traverse winding stations each include a traversing mechanism mounting an interliner guide and an aligned carrier strip guide. The carrier strip guide is pivotably mounted and has an elliptical tube which extends to the core of the reel and is adapted to follow the diameter of the core as it builds up with layers of carrier strips and interliner and has a carrier strip receiving end which is configured such that a smooth transition surface is presented to the carrier strip in any position the guide assumes.

Abstract: An apparatus for uniformly winding elongate sheets of punched material, typically used for grouping and packaging beverage containers, includes a reciprocating shuttle which evenly distributes the material as it is wound on a reel. The shuttle includes a plurality of adjacent sheet receiving slots which permit simultaneous reciprocation and even winding of a like plurality of sheets and a moveable elongate guide member which is moveable between a raised loading position and a lowered, retaining position. Mechanism is also included which permits adjustment of the reciprocatory stroke of the shuttle as well as of the center about which such reciprocation occurs.

Abstract: The winding of a tacky sealant strip by applying a non-sticking liner into contact with one surface of the strip such that the liner provides marginal edges on either side of the sealant strip. The strip and liner are wound progressively into a reel such that the liner maintains a clearance space between adjacent sealant strips while simultaneously providing a non-sticking circumferential surface for a second wound row of sealant strip material. Additional rows of such liner and strip are progressively wound on such reel.

Abstract: The wound body or package comprises a band or tape or the like which is wound thereon in the form of parallel windings or layers. At the central region of the wound package there is arranged a continuous or through-passing axial opening which is bounded by an inner winding layer of the wound band or tape. This inner winding layer together with the neighboring winding layers form a support body for the wound package. In this way there can be precluded the need to use any extraneous support body formed of a separate material.

Abstract: An apparatus for uniformly winding elongate sheets of punched material, typically used for grouping and packaging beverage containers, includes a reciprocating shuttle which evenly distributes the material as it is wound on a reel. The shuttle includes a plurality of adjacent sheet receiving slots which permit simultaneous reciprocation and even winding of a like plurality of sheets and a moveable elongate guide member which is moveable between a raised loading position and a lowered, retaining position. Mechanism is also included which permits adjustment of the reciprocatory stroke of the shuttle as well as of the center about which such reciprocation occurs.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for winding a continuous, flat strip onto a winding reel to form successive, abutting convolutions along the reel in multiple, flat layers to form a tight coil of strip, which strip may typically be an alloy such as stainless steel. The apparatus includes a winding reel fixedly mounted and having means for imparting axial rotation to continuously wind said strip onto the reel, a guide roll for guiding the strip onto the reel with the guide roll having means for laterally moving it along the axial dimension of the winding reel to form the successive abutting convolutions of strip over the surface of the reel and two movable bridle wheels mounted on generally parallel axes for defining a path of travel for the strip around the bridle wheels and to the guide roll.

Abstract: A beam winding apparatus for helically winding elongate strips of textile material on a beam for treatment with a treatment liquid. The beam is in the form of a rotatable perforated cylindrical tube having a central barrel portion, a pair of flanges at opposite ends of the tube, and a pair of conical portions each disposed between the central barrel portion and a respective one of the flanges. The apparatus also comprises means for transversing the strips of textile material between the opposite ends of the perforated tube, the traversing means including a pivotally supported guide member slidably movable over the layers of strips that have been wound on the tube, and means for switching the directions of winding the strips upon arrival of the guide member at the conical portions.

Abstract: The winding of a tacky sealant strip by applying a non-sticking liner into contact with one surface of the strip such that the liner provides marginal edges on either side of the sealant strip. The strip and liner are wound progressively into a reel such that the liner maintains a clearance space between adjacent sealant strips while simultaneously providing a non-sticking circumferential surface for a second wound row of sealant strip material. Additional rows of such liner and strip are progressively wound on such reel.

Abstract: A power driven cylindrical core is positioned on a traversing carriage and arranged to accept on its exterior surface a series of layers of helically wound tape, with the traversing of the carriage controlled by an automatically reversing mechanism with servo control to propel the carriage at an adjustable rate in accordance with the tape width, to provide a succession of evenly wound layers of tape which may be easily unwound in subsequent manufacturing processes.

Abstract: Strip material coming from a letoff position is wound on a supply reel by rotating the reel while at the same time providing axial movement of the reel relative to the letoff. The axial movement is stopped for a predetermined period of time when the strip reaches an end portion of the reel and before the relative axial movement is reversed to form another layer on the reel to provide a supporting edge surface for other layers and reduce the induced curl in the strip material. Each successive layer of strip material may be of a shorter length to provide a pyramid configuration to maintain the position of the windings. This method may be controlled by a microprocessor programmed with a basic sequence which can be altered by the operator to set the number of base layers, the number of pyramid layers and the duration of the interval during which there is no relative axial movement of the shell and the letoff at the end of each pass on the supply reel.

Abstract: Apparatus for helically winding a web or ribbon material on a mandrel. The web is wound in traversing or helical fashion by means of a guide wheel which is mechanically independent of the rotational movement of the mandrel. Lateral movement of the guide wheel is provided by a hydraulic cylinder pressurized through a servo valve controlled by an electronic position regulating system including absolute position feedback.

Abstract: A spool with enhanced capacity for narrow strip components of tires for use in building tires is provided by winding such strip together with a cloth strip in successive alternating helical layers. A method for preparing such spool and a method for dispensing strip therefrom to a tire building machine are also disclosed.The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tape supply package having a plurality of different tapes wound thereon in a universal or traverse wound arrangement. Apparatus and a method for traverse winding the package are disclosed. The disclosure also relates to apparatus and a method for simultaneously wrapping a plurality of different tapes around the outer portion of an elongated structure such as an electrical conductor by the use of the tape supply package having the plurality of traverse wound tapes. The disclosure further relates to various multiple tape-wrapped elongated constructions such as electrical conductors which have a plurality of partially overlapped tapes which have been simultaneously applied.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus suitable for helically winding tape from a source thereof, comprising tape receiving means, tape guide means, the said tape receiving means adapted to be rotatably driven by drive means. The guide means are adapted to be reciprocally driven by the drive means in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the tape receiving means, and means are provided to vary the linear speed of the guide means relative to the rotational speed of the tape receiving means.

Abstract: Tape is wound into a package by traversing the winding position along a cylindrical core such that the winding position is intermittently and repeatedly halted at a plurality of positions arranged axially of the core so that at each position the tape is wound spirally following which the winding position is traversed to the next adjacent position. The spirals comprise at least one turn and more of the winding time is spent in forming spirals than in traversing between spirals. The spacing between the positions is such that the spirals do not overlap and such that the gap between the spirals is less than the width of the tape. The number of spirals wound at each position is insufficient to cause a step which interferes with traverse back to the position. Control of the traverse movement can be achieved either electronically by a pulse counter connected to the package support shaft or electro-magnetically by a control drum driven from the package support shaft.